I told you to get over to MJ on Golf and check out his archives before it was too late.
Well….it’s too late. It’s gone. 🙁
Dan Weil at FoxSports.com has a piece about the declining participation in the sport of golf.
Nuggets I found interesting in this piece:
“The total number of golf rounds played in this country peaked in 2000, and the total number of adults playing the game was lower last year than in 2001.” I think this is due to the state of the economy in 2000 and the drop off in 2001 obviously due to 911. Tiger peaking at that time may have a little to do with it as well.
“Facilities are hostile to the newcomer, and other participants are hostile to the newcomer.” What?
“Golf loses two out of three players who pick up the sport each year.” It ain’t easy and it ain’t cheap.
“Green fees including a cart will cost a player at a public course about $100 per round.” Not in my neck of the woods. Here it is anywhere from $30-40. Resort courses are $75.
“Golf also is time consuming, with about five hours needed to complete 18 holes.” It shouldn’t, but sometimes it does.
I just realized that the last post was the 300th here!
Last night’s “Battle of the Bridges” was “Battle of the Boredom” to me. All the players seemed down, dull, bored and generally uninspired. They didn’t talk much. Despite a bunch of birdies by Phil and Retief there was still a lack of energy or ambiance to the whole thing.
Tiger is bailing out on this made for TV event, and that is a good given what I saw last night.
If they want to keep this thing going for next year I’d suggest this setup: Take Vijay and Nick Price and put them up against Annika and Michelle Wie. We’d probably get more “interesting” commentary out of those players eh?
Retief and Phil closed out Tiger and John before they could even get to the darkness portion of the gig. It took 700 man hours to install all those lights that weren’t used. BFD.
The best entertainment was by far the interviews. I love it when they interview Daly. He’s always good for an answer that you’d never hear any other PGA Tour player coming up with. I liked it when he said he never took a lesson or had a coach because they all said he’d never make it on tour with a swing like that. Classic.
Phil got noticeably agitated when they asked him about Tiger’s newest rise to dominance again. They asked Phil what he has to do to kick his own game up a level to compete with Tiger. Phil gave a dirty look and changed the subject to wanting to make the next putt.
That brought up the thought I just had: Now that Tiger seems to be that dominant force again, are we going to see a bunch of tour players once again sick of answering Tiger questions from the press? I think so.
A local golf store has a neat story. This golf store (biggest in town) had one location for years and has now recently opened up it’s 3rd.
The very first paying customer the 3rd location had was a guy who was just on his way to Mexico for a vacation. He was planning on golfing there but he needed some new gear. One of the items the guy bought was a TaylorMade Rescue.
The first time he hit the Rescue was on the course in Mexico. He hadn’t even hit it on the range. The hole was a long par 3. He let one fly and it went in the hole! Hole in one with the first swing EVER of his new Rescue club.
I wonder if he had any second thoughts about getting that club?
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